(1859-04-28)28 April 1859 Petworth, Sussex, England
Died
19 July 1888(1888-07-19) (aged 29) Banalya, Congo Free State
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1879–1888
Rank
Brevet Major
Unit
Royal Fusiliers
Battles/wars
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Anglo–Egyptian War
Mahdist War
Alma mater
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Edmund Musgrave Barttelot (28 March 1859 – 19 July 1888) was a British army officer, who became notorious after his allegedly brutal and deranged behaviour during his disastrous command of the rear column in the Congo during Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He has often been identified as one of the sources for the character of Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness.
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the rearguard of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition under Major EdmundMusgraveBarttelot, in Yambuya on the Aruwimi, and gave it supplies so it could continue...
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acting Vice-Admiral; promoted Admiral in 1922. 1 November 1923 Brian H F Barttelot KBE CB CVO 1867 1942 Retired List on 2 November 1923; promoted Admiral...
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